Scrabulous
When I log on to the Internet nowadays, Facebook is one of the few sites that I visit regularly! Other than the usual keeping up with friends stuff and the few pokes I have to administer now and then, I am absolutely hooked on
'Scrabulous'! If you like
Scrabble, then Scrabulous will be your cup of tea! Your opponents are like-minded people from ALL OVER THE WORLD! I've always liked playing word games, especially Scrabble ever since I was in primary school. When I was posted to a place tucked away in the jungles of Borneo many moons ago, I remembered playing it in the officers' mess until the wee hours of the morning! The person with the lowest score for the round would buy drinks/tidbits all round for the next game. That kept us going on and on and on like the Energizer Bunny!
Sick Princesses
It all began from a sore throat on my part followed by an occasional but nonetheless irritating cough. Soon my BH got it followed by my 2 princesses. This almost always happens after the Hari Raya food binge what with all the fried stuff and crackers and kuih-muih... The girls had it worse, especially the elder one. She's still coughing and had a high fever of 39.5 degrees celsius last week! She just came back from her Nyai's house and was vomitting the whole night. Funny how all thoughts of sleep and one own's comfort is forgotten once one's own is struck down with a sickness. I guess that is the human instinct of ensuring that one's own lineage is preserved. Get well soon Kakak, Ayah will take you swimming ok?
Hari Raya
I always love it when Hari Raya falls from Friday to Sunday! Friday because Saturday and Sunday are non-working days. Saturday because Sunday is a non-working days and we civil servants can claim 1 day off if a holiday falls on a Saturday. And Sunday because Monday will then be a public holiday! If Hari Raya falls on any other days, it will break the momentum of the celebrations somewhat. There's like a pause on visiting and everybody will take cue and continue with a vengeance during the weekend!
For the second time in a row, we video-conferenced with Juls and Muhd on a Hari Raya morning at Mak's. I had especially bought a webcam (never had one, didn't see the need to have one before) and had subscribed to
Singtel's Broadband on Mobile service so I can video-conference on the go. We did the same thing at Nyai's and also video-conference with Bik June in the US. Talk about keeping the far close!
